Movie Time and Weekly Deals

I am crazy busy for the next two days preparing for my December Technique classes which are also my Stamp Club Christmas Celebration and Customer Appreciation Night! We're going to have a blast with some cute Make & Takes that I'll post tomorrow, including some fancy tags, Christmas goodies, snacks, hilarious games and lots of prizes! I've spent all day working on my Stamp Club Christmas gifts and I can't show you yet what they are, so I have nothing to show you today. But I can't leave you without some inspiration, so it's time to get out the popcorn and pillows.  It's Stampin' Up! Movie time!!

Here's something that you can do with your leftover Spider Web Doilies:


          

If you haven't been able to make any of my Project Life classes, here's a good overview of this awesome Memory Keeping System:


          


Although the person making this Stampin' Up! Video is a little nervous, she does a marvelous job of showing you some great tips and tricks for Project Life:


         

Hope you enjoyed learning more about Project Life!

Did you manage to take advantage of Stampin' Up!'s Online Extravaganza? Wasn't that awesome? But even if you didn't, don't worry, there are still deals to be had. Here is this week's Weekly Deals!

Click here to email me your order! Or pop on over to my On-Line Store, and shop on line!

Hello, December for As You See It Challenges

Brrr! Baby, it's cold outside! The thermometer has taken a nose dive! It's so nice to be snuggled up in my Craft Cave doing my favourite thing! Because it's Friday, it's time for another As You See It Challenge design. I took one look at Amanda's cute sketch and thought, "Hello, December!"

The cute front panel with the rounded edges made me thing of Project Life, so I thought I'd get out my card kits and have a look for what I could use to make a card.  The first set I checked was the new "Hello, December!" kit and bingo! I found what I needed.

• Everything but a bit of cardstock came from either the Hello December card collection or the Accessories Pack! Look at how well the colours that are printed on the cards coordinate with the Stampin' Up! Cardstock. For example, the front panel is a printed card, but look how exactly the colour matches the real Crumb Cake flag just underneath!
• The sentiment is a little sticker from the Accessories Pack for Hello December. It goes so well with the theme of the card, and notice that you can use this for something other than a Christmas card! Even though it's geared to December, it is not necessarily all Christmas oriented.
• The card I used for the top panel did not come with rounded corners, but fortunately, I have the Project Life Corner Rounder Punch by Stampin' Up! and it does the job beautifully!
• I love the snowflakes down the center of the background panel, and of course, they coordinate with the snowflake on the front panel only in black instead of white.
• Gotta love those sequins. Not only are they metallic, but they are also glittered!  They come in Lost Lagoon and Silver, but when the light catches them they reflect and refract so many colours. The one in the center of the big snowflake is actually silver, but seem to reflect tones of red as well.

Sooo, if you could make cards and memory keep with these Project Life kits as well, how much more versatile can you get?  Watch a couple of Stampin' Up! videos below and let me know if you want in!

          

and one more:


        


I have a class on Memory Keeping Made Easy with Project Life this Tuesday evening.  Message me if you want to attend or respond on Facebook.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

 Product List

Hello December Project Life Card Collection [135831]	Hello December Project Life Accessory Pack [135833]	Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [120953]	Project Life Corner Punch [135346]
Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Paper Snips [103579]	Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]

Holiday Homes in a Side-Step Card and Memory Keeping with Project Life

My theme for Technique Nights this month is Fun Folds for Christmas, and I have never taught my gang how to make a side-step card, so this is the month they will learn!  I shamelessly cased this card from a similar design by Janine Tinklenberg, or Jan Tink as she is more commonly known, If you don't follow her blog, you should!  She is a true artist, but one with a wild sense of humour!  You'll love reading her posts!  She found a great tutorial on how to make a side step card on Splitcoast Stampers, and I used the measurements they gave and it turned out perfectly!

• The Holiday Home stamp set is a natural for this fun fold, as you can create a little 3D village using the three graduated steps at the side.  I embossed each of the 3 house designs in White Stampin' Emboss Powder twice on Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz and Smoky Slate cardstock and carefully die cut them using the Homemade Holiday Framelits.
• I used Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper for the snow banks, hand cutting the hills in each piece.  It is so perfect for snow!
• The DSP on the left side is from All is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper. It makes a great looking snowfall.
• The little accessories on the card, including Santa's sleigh, the snowman, the trees, the Christmas lights and the wreaths are all stamps from the Holiday Homes stamp set. Some were stamped right on the houses, but most were stamped on Whisper White cardstock and hand snipped with Paper Snips. I really need a 1/8" Circle Punch, but I don't have one.  I missed that Weekly Deal by a day!  Instead, I punched out the middle of the wreaths using the eyes from the Owl Builder Punch. It would be easier, I think, to punch the holes first and stamp the wreath around them and hand cut it.

• The sentiment is from the Wondrous Wreath stamp set and die cut using the Deco Labels Framelits. It was stamped in Real Red and Santa's sleigh is added in Memento Tuxedo Black, before die cutting.  Just keep the sleigh fairly close to the text.

Here's a side view so you can see how the houses are attached and how the folds are created:

This card can fit into a standard envelope, with a bit of a squeeze due to the label.  It could be moved over to the right if necessary.

Give the Side Step fold a try.  It makes for a pretty impressive looking greeting card.

I wanted to share a couple of videos from Stampin' Up! regarding Project Life by Stampin' Up! because I am offering my first ever Memory Keeping Made Easy class on Tuesday, November 18. But in order to attend, you will need to preorder some pocket pages and Project Life Cards along with some optional accessories, by Friday, Nov. 7. Follow this link to register and prepay so I can order your choice of supplies in time for the class.

The first video details the Hello December kit from the Holiday Supplement:

           


The second is more information about Project Life:


          

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!


Product List

Holiday Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [135095]	Wondrous Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set [135047]	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315]	All Is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper [135823]	Soft Sky 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131203]
Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679]	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" x 11"" Card Stock" [119795]	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202]	Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180]	Real Red Stampin' Write Marker [100052]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Heat Tool [129053]	Homemade Holiday Framelits Dies [135857]	Deco Labels Collection Framelits Dies [130102]	Big Shot Die-Cut Machine [113439]
Paper Snips [103579]